The role of government in promoting space commerce is a topic of discussion in every spacefaring nation. This article describes a new approach to government intervention which, based on its five-year track record, appears to have met with success. The approach, developed in NASA's Earth Observations Commercialization Application Program (EOCAP), offer several lessons for effective government sponsorship of commercial space development in general and of commercial remote sensing in particular.


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    NASA's Earth Observations Commercialization Applications Program: A model for government promotion of commercial space opportunities


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    1995-02-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    English